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With the advent of client-side scripting, it is possible to create programs that run on a user's browser in response to particular user actions, like passing the mouse over a hyperlink or clicking a standard HTML command button. By taking advantage of client-side scripts, web pages can be made more interactive, and programs that ran as (usually CGI) applications on the server before client-side scripting can now execute on the browser, in the process improving the performance of a web site's web pages.In Learning VBScript, Paul Lomax shows how to take full advantage of client-side scripting using Microsoft's own scripting language, Visual Basic Scripting Edition, or VBScript. Learning VBScript consists of three distinct sections that quickly teach the reader how take advantage of client-side scripting to enhance a web site's pages:

A fast-paced introduction to VBScript that covers the basic features of the language and their syntax. Although these tutorial chapters are written primarily for web content providers, they also explore the difference between VBScript and Visual Basic for Applications, the programming language used both in Visual Basic and in the individual components of Microsoft Office, making them of interest to the millions of VBA programmers who are fairly new to the Web and to developing web pages.

An introduction to the Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) object model. By accessing the events, properties, and methods exposed by the browser's object model, VBScript is transformed from a fairly powerless programming language into a powerful development tool that can be used to control the browser, allowing the creation of complex interactive web pages.

A series of chapters, each of which examines a set of techniques that use client-side scripting to enhance the interactivity and attractiveness of a web site.

In focusing on techniques for creating professional, scripted web pages,Learning VBScript includes chapters on the following:

Creating documents "on the fly" from a script running on the browser

Fully describing hyperlinks when the user's mouse passes over them

Performing validation on data entered by the user before it is submitted to the server

Handling different browsers, particularly MSIE, Netscape Navigator, and the older browsers that don't support scripting

The CD-ROM accompanying Learning VBScript includes over 170 code samples, and allows you to retrieve examples by category; you can, for instance, retrieve hyperlinks to all the web pages that include ActiveX controls. In addition, the CD-ROM includes a complete shopping cart application that can be easily customized for your own needs.Whether you're a content provider who wants to add client-side scripts to web pages or a Visual Basic programmer who wants to begin creating web applications, Learning VBScript is the definitive guide that takes you through the rudiments of the language and covers the techniques needed to develop professional web pages.

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About the Author

Paul Lomax, author of O'Reilly's VB & VBA in a Nutshell and a coauthor of VBScript in a Nutshell, is an experienced VB programmer with a passion for sharing his knowledge--and his collection of programming tips and techniques gathered from real-world experience.

Out of date and inaplicable to the only real current application for VBScript, which is in server-side with ASP; book is 3 versions out of date and very client-oriented. Strange, because ORA were always very javascript/netscape oriented and VBScript was already a failure as a client-side technology when the book came out. O'Reilly are usually great, but this book is sad evidence that they don't always keep their list up to date and continue to push way-out-of-date items. It's a shame, because an ORA guide to VBScript 5 with ASP would be _so_ useful given the terrible state of Microsoft ASP documentation.

Having dipped my toes into the murky water of ASP I found I was needing some reference on VBSCRIPT and purchased this book. On the day it arrived I eagerly opened my package and placed the cdrom in the drive only to find that the version that the book and samples are based on is VBSCRIPT 2.0. As we are now using (and have been for a little while) version 5.0 the book is about as much use as a chocolate match. I flicked through the pages and for that part the book is well written and would be an excellent choice if it is revamped for todays systems.

The morning I got this book I needed to write a script and had very little knowledge of VBScript (although I had done some VB). I skimmed the book in half a day and had my application produced by the evening.I have now moved on to developing ASP and use this book almost daily as a reference.